... APPEAL TO. YORKSHIRE BENEVOLENCE. TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MERCURY. GxwTvmmN,-Will you permit me briefly to appeal to I your readers on behalf of the Royal Abbrt Asylum? It is i: an institution at Lancaster for imbecile children belonging a to the seven northern counties of England, and there are I at the present time no fewer than 552 inmates, who havo i come to us from 192 different ...

... (FenoX ouR OWN COnnE§rON3DNeT.) Puma, Friday. Tho Papal Jubilee to be celebrated on Sunday is con- centrating the thoughts of the Catholic world. It is fifty years since the PontifY celebrated his first mass at I Rome, in the chapel consecrated to the memory ofl: Stanislas Kostka, a native of Poland, and first saint of, the order of the Jesuits. In connection ofith this anni- versary, full ...

... I' (~~RI:ERas T'rtEGISAM.) Room, Sunday.-The solemn jubilee nmss in corn- memoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Pope' sordina- tion was celebrated by his Holiness, at St. Peter's, this morning, in presence of 48 Cardinals, 238 Archbishops and Bishops, and a congregation of nearly 30,000 persons. At eight o'clock this morning the Pope entered his'private chapel, where he remained for ...

... AInE STATE OF IRELAND. I VISIT OF LORD RIPON AND MX. MORLEY. A preliminary meeting of professional and meccantile gentlemen has been held in Dublin, when steps were taken to organise a reception comrnmittee in view of the approarh- ing visit of Mr. John Morley and Lord Ripon to the Irish capital. No formal notification of this meeting had been given; the idea was merely to hold a private ...

... N?EW ThAI?'S HONOURS. The P1ress Association states that the usual New' Yense list of honours for India have beeu issued from the India Office by command of the Queen. The pronotions and appointments are conflned to Indian Princes; Chifs, and officials, with the exception of ur Edwin Arnold, C.SI., who is created a Knight Commander of the Indian Empire, and Mr. rrederiek 'Thomas Granville ...

... I , . LEEDS, Monday, January 2nd. Our London Correspondent ?? Mr. Gladstone I is to be largely interviewed by foreign journalists, the reports of their conversations with him must be accepted with a good deal of reserve. It is quite clear that Mr. Gladstone could never have used the language attributed to him by 1M. Daryl. He is made there to speak of the decree of the Irish Land Commission as ...

... 8.30 ?? the issue of our last report a briskfallof the barometer has taken place generally, and in the course of to-day depression has advanced to our extrexue south- west coasts. The wind has shifted to the south-eastward over Ireland and Englan6, and to the south-west in the north of Scotland, with rain in the south-west, but fair weather in most other districts. Over England there has been ...

... -4 (REUTTvR'D TELnGRAS.) THE POLITICAL SITUATION. RUSSSIAN POLICY. ST. PETERSuBUR , Saturday.-Astonishmont is expressed in political circles here at the continually recurring news.. paper reports that Russia intends crossing the Austrian or German frontier, or both frontiers. It is pointed out that the official intercourse of the Russian Government with the Vienna Cabinet is friendly, while ...

... TEE OLD: MASTERS ATy BURLINGTON ilOUSE. fi This year's exhibition, if somewhat reduced 'in th, u number of pictures hung in previous years, can compare i favourably with the most successful of them in point of ' O interest. English artis not only more prominent, but A it is displayed with more method than has been usually a found on the walls of Burlington House. Two sis ofit the large gallery ...

... LOCAL AND GENERAL ' MAl 'OF THE LATE A . mIniON.- The reainiis o the late Mr. .Athn'r 3. udson, President of the Yorkshire County Football Committee, who died after a short illness on Wednesday, were laid in their last resting plaee in Ithe quiet little churchyard at Roundhay on Saturday. The sad occasion attracted a large gathering of the deceased gentleman's' friends, who by their presence ...

... A notable demonstration in favour of the President's tariff position has been hold at Boston at the annual dinner at the Massachusett9 Tarisf Reform League. Mr. James Russell Lowell presided. There were over 400 persons present, including the President of Harvard College, many eading members of both political parties, several Senators and Coigressnmen, and many of the largest manufacturers of ...

... RUSSIA'S DEFENSIVE POWE R. . (Eoos ± ConOSSPOoNnEXoc) a BonDEAux, Fridaiy. It is a well-known fact that'tho Novee Yremny is served I by a number of able military men, whose articles are often a inspired by opinions prevailing.amongst the general staff I of the Imperial army. This newspaper has published a , long article on the subjecttand with the title-very a appropriate to the present ...